Indiana Employment Snapshot

Indiana's unemployment rate declined to 4.8 percent in May. That was
the third monthly decline in a row, after the rate peaked at 5.7 percent
in February.

The estimated number of unemployed Hoosiers has dropped 14 percent since
February, to 151,342 in May.

Unemployment rates across the state continued to be higher in rural
counties.

Of the 12 counties with the best unemployment rates in May, all but
3 were in metropolitan areas.

Of the 12 counties with the worst unemployment rates in May, all but
1 were outside metropolitan areas.

For the fourth month in a row, Orange County posted the highest county
unemployment rate in the state, at 9.8 percent. That's down, however, from
11.3 percent in February.

Hamilton County in May retained its ranking as the county with the lowest
unemployment rate in the state with a rate of 2.7 percent.

Hamilton's rate has inched up this year, though. It's one of only four
counties in the state with a higher unemployment rate in May than in February.
The other three with increases were Dubois, Pike and Marion.

The biggest improvements in unemployment rate in May came in Fulton,
Fayette and Crawford counties.